evasion vs nonperformance

nonperformance vs evasion

evasion and nonperformance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
evasion	Yes	No	No	No
nonperformance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nonperformance is a hypernym of evasion; that is, nonperformance is a word with a broader meaning than evasion:

evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
nonperformance: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

Other hypernyms of evasion include carelessness, neglect, negligence.

evasion (noun)	nonperformance (noun)
the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver	failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
the deliberate act of failing to pay money
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Difference between evasion and nonperformance

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